The first fight has been announced for the UFC's return to Brisbane, Australia and it is a whopper.
Veteran heavyweights Frank Mir and Mark Hunt will collide at UFC Fight Night 84 on March 20, according to MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani.
The Brisbane Entertainment Centre will be packed with fans of Hunt, beloved by many for his take-no-prisoners fighting style. The fact he trains in Australia can only help boost ticket sales.
Mir is looking to bounce back from a shaky decision loss to Andrei Arlovski at UFC 191. The former heavyweight champion recently knocked out Todd Duffee, but has lost five of his last seven overall.
In the UFC's most recent trip down under, Hunt scored a first-round TKO win over Antonio "Big Foot" Silva in front of 56,000 fans at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. Two years prior, Hunt and Silva had a classic battle in Brisbane, the last time the city hosted a UFC event.
